Axes

Axe
Type:	Item, Tool
Stackable:	No

Axes are tools used to ease the process of collecting wood and other wooden objects, but are not required to gather them.

Obtaining

Natural Generation

Wooden axes with full durability can be found in 52.2% of bonus chest in stacks of 1 with full durability.

Stone axes with 20-50 damage can be found in 52.2% of bonus chests in stacks of 1.

Stone axes with 50-100 damage can be found in 21.8% of loot chests in stacks of 1.

Crafting

Axes are crafted using three tool materials and two sticks (or bamboo).

Wooden Axe

Stone Axe

Iron Axe

Golden Axe

Diamond Axe

Repairing

Two axes of the same material can be combined in the crafting grid to combine their durability. This can also be done through use of the anvil, to preserve enchantments.

Usage

Mining

The axe is used to mine wood and wooden based blocks faster. It is not required to collect the blocks, like the pickaxe is for stone related blocks. Compared to the axe, breaking these things by hand is still pretty quick.

There are five types of axes, each with different mining speeds and durability.

Axe	Material	Uses	Comments
	Wooden planks	60	Easiest axe to craft, however also the slowest. Can be found in the bonus chest and loot chest.
	Cobblestone	130	Second easiest to craft, and slightly faster than the wooden axe. Can also be found in the bonus chest and loot chest.
	Iron ingot	251	Slightly harder to craft, however quite fast.
	Gold ingot	33	Fastest mining speed, however it is not recommended for regular use as it has very low durability, so it uses up a lot of gold quickly.
	Diamond	1500	Faster mining speed than the iron axe, however slightly slower than gold. It has a lot of durability for how much it costs.

Weapon

Axes can be used to deal more damage to mobs than by hand, however an axe does half a heart less damage than a sword of the same material, and uses up two durability points when used to deal damage to mobs. This makes them a less used weapon than swords because they are crafted with three tool materials as opposed to two, however they do less damage and do not last as long, making the sword the better option.

Enchanting

Axes can be enchanted directly through the enchantment table.

Enchantments applicable to axes include:

• Silk touch(Max lvl I)*
• Fire aspect(Max lvl I)
• Efficiency(Max lvl II)
• Fortune(Max lvl III)*
• Knockback(Max lvl III)
• Looting(Max lvl III)
• Bane of arthropods(Max lvl III)
• Smite(Max lvl IV)
• Sharpness(Max lvl IV)
• Unbreaking(Max lvl IV)

*Note: Silk touch and fortune are mutually exclusive.

Data Values

ID

Different axes have different item ids.

Here is a table:

Axe	ID
	wooden_axe
	stone_axe
	iron_axe
	golden_axe
	diamond_axe

Item Data

Item data is used to determine the durability of the axe. If using the /give command, this can be specified using the third parameter. Positive integers are how much durability the axe has taken away from full durability, and negative integers are how much durability the axe has left. For example, the command /give wooden_axe 1 10 gives one wooden axe with ten durability taken away from full durability.

History

Version	Date	Changes
Prior to 1.4.34	Day 11	Added axes
1.19	Nov 19, 2011	Updated the textures of axes
1.27	Nov 13, 2015	Axes can be repaired through crafting and through the anvil

See Also

• Shovels
• Pickaxes
• Swords
• Hoes
• Tools